A Republican Senate candidate from Kentucky has claimed that allowing homosexuals to marry will lead to parents marry their own children to avoid paying tax.

Matt Bevin, a businessman from Louisville, is planning to challenge the Republican Senate Minority Leader in the state primary in November. He told a Christian radio program that he believes marriage should be defined as a union between a man and a woman. However, he then went on to claim that redefining marriage would encourage people to abuse the system for financial gain:

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